diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pgupgrade.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pgupgrade.sgml
index bea0d1b93f..dc9e52a684 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pgupgrade.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pgupgrade.sgml
@@ -605,8 +605,8 @@ rsync --archive --delete --hard-links --size-only --no-inc-recursive old_cluster
        remote directory, e.g.,
 
 <programlisting>
-rsync --archive --delete --hard-links --size-only --no-inc-recursive /opt/PostgreSQL/9.5 \
-      /opt/PostgreSQL/9.6 standby.example.com:/opt/PostgreSQL
+rsync --archive --delete --hard-links --size-only --no-inc-recursive /opt/PostgreSQL/9.6 \
+      /opt/PostgreSQL/&majorversion; standby.example.com:/opt/PostgreSQL
 </programlisting>
 
        You can verify what the command will do using
@@ -635,8 +635,8 @@ rsync --archive --delete --hard-links --size-only --no-inc-recursive /opt/Postgr
        <application>rsync</application> command for each tablespace directory, e.g.:
 
 <programlisting>
-rsync --archive --delete --hard-links --size-only --no-inc-recursive /vol1/pg_tblsp/PG_9.5_201510051 \
-      /vol1/pg_tblsp/PG_9.6_201608131 standby.example.com:/vol1/pg_tblsp
+rsync --archive --delete --hard-links --size-only --no-inc-recursive /vol1/pg_tblsp/PG_9.6_201608131 \
+      /vol1/pg_tblsp/PG_&majorversion;_202307071 standby.example.com:/vol1/pg_tblsp
 </programlisting>
 
        If you have relocated <filename>pg_wal</filename> outside the data